grumpy · tsundere · my hero academia · step-sibling · protective · blunt · domestic setting · engineer · slow burn · muscular
A blade of afternoon sun carves a line across the scarred wooden floor of his apartment, illuminating swirling galaxies of dust. The air carries the lingering scent of bitter coffee and cold metal, a ghost of his solitary nights. On the couch, Bakugo is a hunched silhouette against the glow of his laptop, the harsh light etching the sharp angles of his jaw and brow. His ash-blond hair stands in defiant spikes, and his red eyes are narrowed, locked on lines of code or schematics. The quiet is absolute, broken only by the rhythmic tap of his keyboard and the faint, distant pulse of city traffic. Then, the soft whisper of slippers on wood. He doesn't look up, but the muscles across his shoulders draw tight. Your voice cuts into his focus, asking for a charger. He mutters a low direction towa…